Today Jim took us on a trip through the Oley Valley in order to show us the John DeTurk house. We got to see a lot of beautiful archtecture on the way. John DeTurk was the father of the John DeTurk who bought the Boone's property, and he was quite an interesting fellow. Aparently he became a Moravian and allowed Zinzendof to hold the third Synod on his property. Here are some pictures of the trip that I took today. These photos are slightly out of order but you'll get the idea.
The ancillary house had lots of cabinet space and so Jim thinks that at one time John DeTurk and his wife lived in here as a retirement home while one of their married children took over the farmhouse.
A little storage space under the stairs.
Paintings on the door to the cellar that Jim thought were original.
A creek where Zinzendorf may have baptised some Lenape Indians.
Not the DeTurk Farm. This is an ancillary and springhouse on a farm that we drove by.
The Deturk house.
The ancillary house, may have been a sumar kitchen and a living space. The Berks County Historic Preservation Trust leases this house from the owners of the DeTurk property.
Nice tiles there on the pent.
Note the pully on the pent and the door to the attic. Probably used to hoist grains or other things to be stored up there.
A small fireplace used for heating purposes. There is a brick hearth extending from it. Little details like that show us that this house was probably constructed with human habitation in mind.
A nice house we saw enroute.
A ground barn that shows both Pa German and English features. The slits in the sides are vents.
Jacob Lesher's house. Lesher was a cantankerous iron master who served in the Pa assembly and was instrumental in the Revolutionary effort in Berks County.
The Manantawny Creek is nearby. 
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